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<b>It's time to see if you know your Scratchy Bottoms from your Tickly Passages.</b> And that's not a euphemism.

It's time to see if you know your Scratchy Bottoms from your Tickly Passages. And that's not a euphemism.

Can You Tell Which Dorset Place Names Are Real?

The wonderfully named Piddlehinton is home to the River Piddle and Piddle Valley School, not to mention the Dorset Piddle Microbrewery. The only piddle-related place you WON'T find there is Piddles Wood, which is actually next to Fiddleford (we promise we're not making this up).

Piddlehinton

Which of these thoroughly made-up sounding villages genuinely exists?

It may sound like something out of a Tolkien novel, but Puddletown is the real deal (like Piddlehinton it derives its name from the River Piddle).

Puddletown

And which of these laughably quaint-sounding villages is real?

If you're wondering why Shitterton has a sign carved from a gigantic block of Purbeck Stone, it's because the old sign kept getting stolen (and the residents eventually got so fed up they clubbed together to buy a less stealable version).

Shitterton

The award for "Britain's Worst Place Name" went to which of these unlucky hamlets in 2012?

It's an undisputed fact that the residents of Happy Bottom are the cheeriest folk in all of Dorset.

Happy Bottom

Which of these Bottoms would you find in Corfe Mullen?

Scratchy Bottom was the location for the opening scene of "Far from the Madding Crowd", a Thomas Hardy novel adaptation.

Scratchy Bottom

The opening of a 1967 film was shot at which of these locations?

Sadly Buggerham Drive is very much not real.

Sodom Lane

Which of these is a genuine road in Marnhull?

Apparently there is a village called Sag Harbor in New York, but we're pretty sure it's got nothing on Droop.

Droop

Which of these cheerfully flaccid hamlets would you find in Hazelbury Bryan?

It's a truly sad reflection of our society that nobody's named a place Conkwhimple or Plumpertinkle yet.

Puncknowle

If you happened to be walking through the Bride Valley north of Chesil Beach, which of these villages might you come across?

It sounds like some kind of ancient riddle, but the name basically just derives from the village's old Ryme manor ('Intrinseca' apparently means the 'inner bit').

Ryme Intrinseca

If you were exploring the local villages of north Dorset, which of these might you discover?

We don't have the faintest clue what it means, but Gussage All Saints is certainly a name to remember.

Gussage All Saints

East Dorset is home to which of these bizarrely named villages?

Named after Saint Wite, Whitchurch Canonicorum is also home to a tiny settlement called Fishpond Bottom.

Whitchurch Canonicorum

Which of these mouthfuls is a genuine village in the far West of Dorset?

Nicodemus Knob is actually a large stack of rock left over from some late 19th century quarrying. Nobody's really sure why it was left, though, or how it came by its colourful name.

Nicodemus Knob

Which of these landmarks would you find on the Isle of Portland?

Pug's Hole has plenty of owls and cuckoos but – tragically – no actual pugs live there.

Pug's Hole

Bournemouth is home to which of these local nature reserves?

Despite its unfortunate name, Dungy Head is a great spot to visit if you like an impressive view.

Dungy Head

The end of St Oswald's Bay on the Jurassic Coast is formed by which of these?

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Can You Tell Which Dorset Place Names Are Real?

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